The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The ssbbatsrisn Agitation Going too Far
Protecting the Fisheries.
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The ssbbatsrisn Agitation Going too Far
Protecting the Fisheri.s.
Correspondence to The Palatka Ne,ns.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. April IL. 1887.
The Sunday laws are agitation very
much the citizens of the Capital this
week. a large portion of the community
is fearful lest il shall have Ia fast ON the
Sabbath or else change its mode of liv-
ing. Washington used to be- called "A
city of boarding houses, but of late years
has been dubbed the city of eating houses.
The reason of this is that hundreds =.
Government Clerks have found il che per
To keep house. and as consequence
number of eating houses have sprung up
and done "A very profitable business. The
triumyirate commission which governs
the District has sent forth the edict that
not only drinking saloons and places Of
business shall be- closed on SUNDAY but
also that milk and ice wagons shall not
run, and that eating houses shall shut up.
If this last provision Is enforced il will
cause great Inconvenience To thousands
of persons who regularly take their meals
at these places and will cause the failure
in business of these enterprising men
who are willing to cater To the palate for
the handsome returns received.
1t seems pretty big fish story, but
still none the less true, that over COG, 900
herring have been brought from the
Potomac into Washington the present
l. :. Il. 4.
ceived for years past and is due Ia the
stringent laws prohibiting the drawing
of seines for fish during the spawning
season. A few years ago the number of
herring caught became so small that
epicures began To fear that the delicacy
of Potomac Herring would be a thing
of the past. The Fish Commissioner,
however, had salutary laws enacted. and
the 600, 900 herring "A week is the result.
The President had tender heart this
week and so granted eight pardons Ia
persons convicted and imprisoned for
embezzling from the mails; breaking
into post offices: robbing the mails ON
the highways; counterfeiting, and other
crimes. Cleveland has granted more
par,lons than any President before him
within the memory Of man.
Already gossips are beginning to talk
of the Presidents summer trip. IL is
possible that he may take one, but still
you need not he surprised If he stays at
home. Mrs. Cleveland is already located
at Oak View, and keeps very quiet. sell
dom coming TO the city and almost as
seldom seeing callers. She is taking "A
much needed rest after the fatigues OF
the social season, and probably will not
go with the President should he feel the
necessity of taking recreation by leaving
the scenes of his official duties and cares
for brief period.
A number of Congressman have been
in town the past few days and most of
them were interviewed. The almost
unanimous opinion seemed To be that
Congress would be convened in special
session the first of October. and would
continue To sit until the regular session
in December.
Real estate speculation is running
high, and investors are making money
faster than at any time before in the his
tory of the city. Syndicates are being
formed composed in many instances of
capitalists from the States, and much
suburban property has been plated and
sold in lots on which the investors have
more than doubled their money inside Of
three months. Persons coming to the
city in the fall and st the assembling of
Congress will hardly recognize the sub
urbs as 30 many improvements will
have been made. III.